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| A Chechen Auto de fe |
| 2009-09-07 12:02:18 |
Ramzan Kadyrov has been called a lot of things. Few of them positive. But an interrogator of would-be terrorists? It has been alleged that Kadyrov has been present at the interrogation of Chechen rebels and terrorists, even going so far as amusing himself “by personally giving prisoners electric shocks or firing pistols at their feet.” [...]...
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| Not Much to Gawk About |
| 2009-09-06 20:11:02 |
Scott Anderson’s article “Vladimir Putin’s Dark Rise to Power” is a throwback to the 1990s when ex-KGBmen turned mafioso, private security, or hired hands to execute nefarious plots. It is also a showcase of bygone figures. Once powerful, influential, or at least in the public eye who have since drifted into memory only to be [...]...
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| Volgograd Obama Times Two |
| 2009-08-24 12:06:39 |
Joachim Crima was surely mistaken if he thought he would coast into Russian history as the first Afro-Russian to run for public office. Enter Fillip Kondratev, 34, technical director at the Volgograd construction company “Pyramid,” Afro-Russian, and newly declared candidate for mayor of the Srednaya Akhbuta. But being black in Russia is pretty much were [...]...
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| An American Physicist in Tuva |
| 2009-08-17 15:22:41 |
Richard Feynman, famous American physicist, atom bomb maker, father of nanotechnology, and Tuva lover. Feynman discovered the remote region and its nomadic people from stamp collecting during the dark days of the Cold War. Feynman began a long correspondence with one of its residents. Feynman wanted to visit Tuva, but never did. The Cold War [...]...
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| Talking Trotsky |
| 2009-08-16 13:06:21 |
I’ve never had much interest in Leon Trotsky or Trotskyism, but serious discussions by sensible people about his life, politics, rise and fall, and global impact are rare. Trotsky’s legacy has been hijacked by a myriad of kooks and cultists. This often bastardized and farcical legacy of one of the Russian Revolution’s most important figures, [...]...
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| Kadyrov’s Chaos |
| 2009-08-12 01:57:11 |
What could be so threatening about two people who run an organization for children with war trauma? Apparently something because Zarema Sadulaeva and Alik Dzhabrailov, who were kidnapped in Grozny yesterday, were found dead outside the city. Their bodies were stuffed in their car trunk with gunshots to the head and chest.
The murders could be [...]...
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| Two More Chechen Human Rights Activists Kidnapped |
| 2009-08-10 21:05:02 |
Two more human rights workers have been kidnapped in Grozny, the Russian media is reporting. According to Ingushetia.ru, Zarema Sadulaeva and her husband Alik Dzhabrailov were taken by unknown gunmen from the office of “Save the Generation,” a non-governmental youth organization that provides medical and psychological help for youth and children traumatized by violence in [...]...
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| Nashi Looks to Expand Youth Militia |
| 2009-08-10 15:39:57 |
The plan to fill Russia’s streets with 100,000 young militiamen by 2010 has been all over the Russian internet media over the last few weeks. And as usual the thought of the Russian government recruiting and deploying youth to monitor the streets has many shaking in their boots. Perhaps for good reason. The Russian police [...]...
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| A Historical Roadtrip in the Soviet Car |
| 2009-08-03 15:05:05 |
Lewis Siegelbaum has a cover interview with Rorotoko for his recent book Cars for Comrades. I didn’t know about this interview until I received an email from Cornell University Press’ Publicity Manager. I should note, however, posting a blurb about Siegelbaum’s interview isn’t purely out of disinterest. He’s on my dissertation committee and bringing attention [...]...
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| Za zdorov’e Gazprom! |
| 2009-08-01 15:04:36 |
Gazprom’s corporate anthem from Wired’s Danger Room. Nuff’ said.
Salut! to Cynthia Hooper for the link....
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